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James Posey

James Mikley Mantell Posey

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-8    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: January 13, 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio
High School: R.B. Chamberlain in Twinsburg, Ohio
College: Xavier University

Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall) of the 1999 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 77 2052 230 536 .429 82 220 .373 120 150 .800 85 232 317 146 98 33 95 207 662
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 82 82 2255 243 590 .412 65 217 .300 115 141 .816 125 306 431 163 93 40 102 226 666
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 73 63 2238 277 736 .376 67 237 .283 161 203 .793 109 320 429 180 114 39 127 224 782
2002-03 26 TOT NBA 83 71 2518 309 752 .411 70 229 .306 205 246 .833 90 336 426 184 106 15 144 197 893
2002-03 26 DEN NBA 25 24 872 121 324 .373 24 88 .273 86 102 .843 38 107 145 78 29 6 66 63 352
2002-03 26 HOU NBA 58 47 1646 188 428 .439 46 141 .326 119 144 .826 52 229 281 106 77 9 78 134 541
2003-04 27 MEM NBA 82 82 2451 368 770 .478 112 290 .386 278 335 .830 92 311 403 122 137 40 112 248 1126
2004-05 28 MEM NBA 50 18 1382 127 356 .357 55 178 .309 96 111 .865 45 174 219 88 48 23 69 134 405
2005-06 29 MIA NBA 67 63 1914 159 395 .403 117 290 .403 48 61 .787 33 286 319 89 54 20 58 196 483
2006-07 30 MIA NBA 71 19 1919 186 432 .431 97 259 .375 81 98 .827 66 291 357 94 71 23 55 193 550
2007-08 31 BOS NBA 74 2 1821 173 414 .418 106 279 .380 93 115 .809 30 292 322 114 72 19 65 182 545
2008-09 32 NOH NBA 75 0 2140 216 524 .412 116 314 .369 120 146 .822 38 324 362 82 58 21 79 216 668
2009-10 33 NOH NBA 6 0 105 3 13 .231 1 8 .125 2 4 .500 0 12 12 6 2 0 3 11 9
Career NBA 744 477 20795 2291 5518 .415 888 2521 .352 1319 1610 .819 713 2884 3597 1268 853 273 909 2034 6789

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 77 25.3 2.8 6.6 .429 1.0 2.7 .373 1.5 1.9 .800 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.2 2.6 8.2
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 82 82 27.5 3.0 7.2 .412 0.8 2.6 .300 1.4 1.7 .816 1.5 3.7 5.3 2.0 1.1 0.5 1.2 2.8 8.1
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 73 63 30.7 3.8 10.1 .376 0.9 3.2 .283 2.2 2.8 .793 1.5 4.4 5.9 2.5 1.6 0.5 1.7 3.1 10.7
2002-03 26 TOT NBA 83 71 30.3 3.7 9.1 .411 0.8 2.8 .306 2.5 3.0 .833 1.1 4.0 5.1 2.2 1.3 0.2 1.7 2.4 10.8
2002-03 26 DEN NBA 25 24 34.9 4.8 13.0 .373 1.0 3.5 .273 3.4 4.1 .843 1.5 4.3 5.8 3.1 1.2 0.2 2.6 2.5 14.1
2002-03 26 HOU NBA 58 47 28.4 3.2 7.4 .439 0.8 2.4 .326 2.1 2.5 .826 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.8 1.3 0.2 1.3 2.3 9.3
2003-04 27 MEM NBA 82 82 29.9 4.5 9.4 .478 1.4 3.5 .386 3.4 4.1 .830 1.1 3.8 4.9 1.5 1.7 0.5 1.4 3.0 13.7
2004-05 28 MEM NBA 50 18 27.6 2.5 7.1 .357 1.1 3.6 .309 1.9 2.2 .865 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.8 1.0 0.5 1.4 2.7 8.1
2005-06 29 MIA NBA 67 63 28.6 2.4 5.9 .403 1.7 4.3 .403 0.7 0.9 .787 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.9 2.9 7.2
2006-07 30 MIA NBA 71 19 27.0 2.6 6.1 .431 1.4 3.6 .375 1.1 1.4 .827 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.8 2.7 7.7
2007-08 31 BOS NBA 74 2 24.6 2.3 5.6 .418 1.4 3.8 .380 1.3 1.6 .809 0.4 3.9 4.4 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.9 2.5 7.4
2008-09 32 NOH NBA 75 0 28.5 2.9 7.0 .412 1.5 4.2 .369 1.6 1.9 .822 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.9 8.9
2009-10 33 NOH NBA 6 0 17.5 0.5 2.2 .231 0.2 1.3 .125 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.8 1.5
Career NBA 744 477 28.0 3.1 7.4 .415 1.2 3.4 .352 1.8 2.2 .819 1.0 3.9 4.8 1.7 1.1 0.4 1.2 2.7 9.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 77 2052 4.0 9.4 .429 1.4 3.9 .373 2.1 2.6 .800 1.5 4.1 5.6 2.6 1.7 0.6 1.7 3.6 11.6
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 82 82 2255 3.9 9.4 .412 1.0 3.5 .300 1.8 2.3 .816 2.0 4.9 6.9 2.6 1.5 0.6 1.6 3.6 10.6
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 73 63 2238 4.5 11.8 .376 1.1 3.8 .283 2.6 3.3 .793 1.8 5.1 6.9 2.9 1.8 0.6 2.0 3.6 12.6
2002-03 26 TOT NBA 83 71 2518 4.4 10.8 .411 1.0 3.3 .306 2.9 3.5 .833 1.3 4.8 6.1 2.6 1.5 0.2 2.1 2.8 12.8
2002-03 26 DEN NBA 25 24 872 5.0 13.4 .373 1.0 3.6 .273 3.6 4.2 .843 1.6 4.4 6.0 3.2 1.2 0.2 2.7 2.6 14.5
2002-03 26 HOU NBA 58 47 1646 4.1 9.4 .439 1.0 3.1 .326 2.6 3.1 .826 1.1 5.0 6.1 2.3 1.7 0.2 1.7 2.9 11.8
2003-04 27 MEM NBA 82 82 2451 5.4 11.3 .478 1.6 4.3 .386 4.1 4.9 .830 1.4 4.6 5.9 1.8 2.0 0.6 1.6 3.6 16.5
2004-05 28 MEM NBA 50 18 1382 3.3 9.3 .357 1.4 4.6 .309 2.5 2.9 .865 1.2 4.5 5.7 2.3 1.3 0.6 1.8 3.5 10.5
2005-06 29 MIA NBA 67 63 1914 3.0 7.4 .403 2.2 5.5 .403 0.9 1.1 .787 0.6 5.4 6.0 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.1 3.7 9.1
2006-07 30 MIA NBA 71 19 1919 3.5 8.1 .431 1.8 4.9 .375 1.5 1.8 .827 1.2 5.5 6.7 1.8 1.3 0.4 1.0 3.6 10.3
2007-08 31 BOS NBA 74 2 1821 3.4 8.2 .418 2.1 5.5 .380 1.8 2.3 .809 0.6 5.8 6.4 2.3 1.4 0.4 1.3 3.6 10.8
2008-09 32 NOH NBA 75 0 2140 3.6 8.8 .412 2.0 5.3 .369 2.0 2.5 .822 0.6 5.5 6.1 1.4 1.0 0.4 1.3 3.6 11.2
2009-10 33 NOH NBA 6 0 105 1.0 4.5 .231 0.3 2.7 .125 0.7 1.4 .500 0.0 4.1 4.1 2.1 0.7 0.0 1.0 3.8 3.1
Career NBA 744 477 20795 4.0 9.6 .415 1.5 4.4 .352 2.3 2.8 .819 1.2 5.0 6.2 2.2 1.5 0.5 1.6 3.5 11.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1999-00 23 DEN NBA 81 2052 13.0 .550 .506 4.5 12.4 8.4 10.8 2.4 1.1 13.6 14.8 109 105 2.5 1.9 4.3
2000-01 24 DEN NBA 82 2255 12.5 .511 .467 5.9 14.9 10.4 11.2 2.1 1.2 13.5 14.9 104 105 2.1 1.7 3.8
2001-02 25 DEN NBA 73 2238 12.9 .474 .422 5.3 17.1 10.9 13.1 2.7 1.3 13.3 19.1 98 105 0.6 2.2 2.7
2002-03 26 TOT NBA 83 2518 13.5 .519 .457 4.1 15.4 9.8 12.7 2.3 0.4 14.3 18.1 103 102 2.3 3.1 5.4
2002-03 26 DEN NBA 25 872 12.3 .477 .410 4.8 15.0 9.7 16.5 1.8 0.5 15.2 22.2 95 103 0.0 1.0 1.0
2002-03 26 HOU NBA 58 1646 14.2 .551 .493 3.7 15.7 9.8 10.8 2.5 0.4 13.7 16.0 110 102 2.3 2.1 4.4
2003-04 27 MEM NBA 82 2451 18.8 .614 .551 4.2 14.5 9.3 8.4 2.9 1.2 10.9 18.9 119 101 6.8 3.2 10.0
2004-05 28 MEM NBA 50 1382 10.5 .500 .434 3.9 15.0 9.5 10.3 1.9 1.3 14.6 16.2 100 103 0.4 1.9 2.3
2005-06 29 MIA NBA 67 1914 9.8 .572 .551 2.1 16.9 9.8 6.8 1.5 0.8 12.1 11.6 112 105 1.8 2.4 4.2
2006-07 30 MIA NBA 71 1919 12.7 .579 .543 4.2 17.5 11.0 7.7 2.0 0.9 10.4 13.1 116 104 2.6 2.6 5.2
2007-08 31 BOS NBA 74 1821 12.0 .587 .546 2.1 18.0 10.5 9.5 2.1 0.9 12.3 13.5 114 98 2.2 4.0 6.2
2008-09 32 NOH NBA 75 2140 10.8 .568 .523 2.2 18.3 10.2 6.0 1.5 0.8 11.8 15.0 109 107 1.7 2.6 4.2
2009-10 33 NOH NBA 6 105 1.0 .305 .269 0.0 13.6 7.0 7.6 1.0 0.0 16.9 8.1 69 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.2
Career NBA 744 20795 12.8 .545 .496 3.9 16.0 10.0 9.7 2.2 1.0 12.7 15.7 108 104 22.7 25.4 48.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2003-04 27 MEM NBA 4 130 15 37 1 6 19 21 8 22 4 9 2 6 13 50 .405 .167 .905 32.5 12.5 5.5 1.0
2004-05 28 MEM NBA 4 100 11 25 7 15 10 13 1 13 4 2 1 5 14 39 .440 .467 .769 25.0 9.8 3.3 1.0
2005-06 29 MIA NBA 22 607 49 114 35 83 27 37 15 125 20 17 2 11 70 160 .430 .422 .730 27.6 7.3 5.7 0.9
2006-07 30 MIA NBA 4 139 10 26 6 19 5 5 1 31 6 8 5 5 18 31 .385 .316 1.000 34.8 7.8 7.8 1.5
2007-08 31 BOS NBA 26 573 52 119 35 88 35 40 12 93 28 26 8 14 61 174 .437 .398 .875 22.0 6.7 3.6 1.1
2008-09 32 NOH NBA 5 123 15 40 5 19 22 26 5 31 3 3 0 10 12 57 .375 .263 .846 24.6 11.4 6.2 0.6
Career NBA 65 1672 152 361 89 230 118 142 42 315 65 65 18 51 188 511 .421 .387 .831 25.7 7.9 4.8 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
2003-04 27 MEM NBA 4 130 19.4 .541 .419 7.4 14.2 10.6 5.9 3.9 1.3 11.5 19.9 109 110 0.3 -0.1 0.3
2004-05 28 MEM NBA 4 100 12.0 .635 .580 1.1 15.1 7.6 5.3 1.0 0.9 14.0 16.2 116 125 0.2 -0.1 0.1
2005-06 29 MIA NBA 22 607 11.5 .614 .583 3.1 20.6 12.2 5.1 1.5 0.3 7.8 11.1 124 101 1.0 1.1 2.1
2006-07 30 MIA NBA 4 139 11.5 .550 .500 0.8 27.3 13.6 7.0 3.0 2.8 15.1 11.3 100 102 0.0 0.2 0.2
2007-08 31 BOS NBA 26 573 14.2 .637 .584 2.7 17.5 10.2 8.0 2.5 1.2 9.3 12.7 127 101 1.2 1.0 2.2
2008-09 32 NOH NBA 5 123 13.3 .554 .438 4.8 26.8 15.4 5.3 1.3 0.0 16.3 23.8 100 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 65 1672 13.2 .603 .544 3.1 19.7 11.5 6.4 2.1 0.9 10.7 13.6 118 105 2.7 2.2 4.8

College

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Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1996-97 20 XAVIER 29 780 130 232 6 32 121 155 226 40 49 15 60 75 387 .560 .188 .781 26.9 13.3 7.8 1.4
1997-98 21 XAVIER 30 864 145 261 19 59 150 182 253 39 63 16 70 88 459 .556 .322 .824 28.8 15.3 8.4 1.3
1998-99 22 XAVIER 36 1268 191 391 48 131 179 220 322 84 102 34 118 123 609 .488 .366 .814 35.2 16.9 8.9 2.3
Career 95 2912 466 884 73 222 450 557 801 163 214 65 248 286 1455 .527 .329 .808 30.7 15.3 8.4 1.7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1999-00 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)

Games

2000-01 NBA 82 (2)
2002-03 NBA 83 (1)
 2003-04 NBA 82 (3)

3-Pt Field Goals

Career NBA 888 (77)
Career 888 (77)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

Career NBA 2521 (73)
Career 2521 (73)

Steals

2003-04 NBA 137 (10)

True Shooting Pct

2003-04 NBA .614 (3)

Effective Field Goal Pct

2003-04 NBA .551 (4)

Steal Pct

2003-04 NBA 2.9 (6)

Offensive Rating

2003-04 NBA 119.2 (6)

Defensive Rating

2007-08 NBA 98.0 (5)

Hall of Fame Probability

Active 0.000 (70)
Career 0.000 (482)
  

Transactions

September 25, 1996: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks (as a 1999 1st round draft pick) with Marty Conlon to the Phoenix Suns for Elliot Perry.

October 1, 1997: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Phoenix Suns with a 1998 1st round draft pick (Tyronn Lue), a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Dan McClintock), a 2001 1st round draft pick (Joseph Forte) and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Rod Grizzard) to the Denver Nuggets; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 2005 1st round draft pick (Sean May) to the Phoenix Suns; and the Denver Nuggets traded Antonio McDyess to the Phoenix Suns.

June 30, 1999: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft.

December 18, 2002: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Houston Rockets; the Houston Rockets traded a 2004 2nd round draft pick (Vassilis Spanoulis) to the Denver Nuggets; the Houston Rockets traded Kenny Thomas to the Philadelphia 76ers; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Mark Bryant, Art Long and a 2005 1st round draft pick (Joey Graham) to the Denver Nuggets.

August 9, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies.

August 2, 2005: As part of a 5-team trade, traded by the Memphis Grizzlies with Andre Emmett and Jason Williams to the Miami Heat; the Miami Heat traded Qyntel Woods, Alberto Miralles, a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Edin Bavcic) and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Nikola Pekovic) to the Boston Celtics; the Miami Heat traded Eddie Jones to the Memphis Grizzlies; the Miami Heat traded Rasual Butler to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets; the Utah Jazz traded Curtis Borchardt to the Boston Celtics; the Utah Jazz traded Raul Lopez to the Memphis Grizzlies; and the Utah Jazz traded Kirk Snyder to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.

August 27, 2007: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics.

July 23, 2008: Signed as a free agent with the New Orleans Hornets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1999-00 Denver Nuggets NBA $974,520
2000-01 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,047,600
2001-02 Denver Nuggets NBA $1,120,680
2002-03 Total NBA $1,723,606
2003-04 Memphis Grizzlies NBA $4,917,000
2004-05 Memphis Grizzlies NBA $5,408,700
2005-06 Miami Heat NBA $5,900,400
2006-07 Miami Heat NBA $6,392,100
2007-08 Boston Celtics NBA $3,206,000
2008-09 New Orleans Hornets NBA $5,585,000
Career (may be incomplete) $36,275,606
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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